Acrilla fourtaui

Acrilla fourtaui is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]

Acrilla fourtaui
Shell of Acrilla fourtaui (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Acrilla
Species:
†A. fourtaui
Binomial name
†Acrilla fourtaui
Cossmann, 1901

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Egypt

References
  1. MNHN, Paris: Acrilla fourtaui
  • Cossmann (M.), 1901 - Additions à la faune nummulitique d'Égypte. Bulletin de l'Institut Égyptien, sér. 4, t. 1, vol. 6, p. 173-197



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